Clothes-line holder.



, PATENTED OCT. 16, 1906. D. W. DART & H. MAASS.

CLOTHES LINE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.Z9,1905.

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DANIEL W. DART AND HENRY MAASS, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

CLOTHES-LINE HOLDER.

Patented Oct. 16, 1906.

Application filed March 29,1905. Serial No. 252.625.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, DANIEL W. DART and HENRY MAAss, citizens of theUnited States,

residing at Jersey City, in the county of Endson and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inClothes-Line Holders, of which the following is a specification, such aswill enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

This invention relates to clothes-line supports of the class usuallyemployed in cities and towns and which comprise two parts one ofwhich isconnected with a window-frame and the other with a post or other deviceat a predetermined distance from the window, oth of said parts beingprovided with pulleys around which an endless line is passed; and theobject of the invention is to provide an improvement in that part ormember of the supports which is connected with the window-frame, wherebya portion of the line may be held within the window so as to facilitatethe placing of clothes or other articles to be dried on the line andthen swung out of the window without slacking the line; and with theseand other objects in view the invention consists in a device of theclass specified constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

, The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate partsof our improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which 7 Figure 1 is a side view of a part of awindow, showing our improved line-holder connected therewith, the partsthereof being in a position for placing the clothes on the line; Fig. 2,a crosssection on the line w x of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a view similar to Fig.2, but showing the parts in a different position; Fig. 4, a perspectiveview of an attaching-plate which we employ, and Fig. 5 a similar view ofa supplemental attaching-plate which forms a part of our improvement.

In the drawings forming part of this specification we have shown at a,an inside view of one side of a window-frame which is secured in thewall I) of a building, said wall being provided with the usualWindow-opening b and in the practice of our invention we secure to theouter side of the window-frame a plate 0, which is shown in Fig. 4. andwhich is provided with two angular hooks c and 0 which are arranged inthe same vertical plane. We also provide a supplemental plate d,provided at one end with two projecting hinge-arms (1 having tubularheads d and between which is a recess (1, and the opposite end portionof the plate (1 is provided with an opening d and the bottom edgethereof in the form of construction shown with a recess d", and betweenthe recess (1 and the opening (1 is a vertically-arranged groove 01 andabove the opening d is a vertically-arranged groove d In practice thesupplemental plate (1 is connected with the plate 0 by passing the hook0 through the opening 61 and dropping said plate (1, so that the hooksc' and 0 will fit in the grooves d and d 7 The plate (1 is provided witha rigid outwardly-directed arm (1 to which is pivoted a supplemental arme, provided at its free end and in the bottom thereof with a notch orrecess c and. we also provide a line-army, having a tubular headf whichfits between the heads (1 of the hinge-arms d of the plate (1, and thehead 7 of the line-arm f and the heads (1 are connected by a pintle-pin9 passed therethrough, and this construction forms a hinge on which theline-arm f is free to swing in a horizontal lane.

The arm f is provide at its outer or free end with a curved or angularportion f with which is connected a pulley g and a hookarm h is pivotedto the inner side of the window-frame at h and provided at its free endwith a hook 715, which is adapted to engage the line-arm f when thelatter is in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 at h, and the back ofsaid line-armis provided with eyes at h and its, through which the hookit may be passed. The arm f is provided with a longitudinal back rib f,in which the eyes h and h5 are formed, and said arm is also providedwith a to flange f which is adapted to be engaged y the end of the arm6, the flange f entering the recess 6 in the end of said arm. We havealso shown at i an ordinary endless clothes-line, and this line ispassed around a pulley at a predetermined distance from the window andalso around the pulley g and the upper part i of said line is passedaround a hook j on the head f 2 of the arm f, and the other part i ofsaid line is left free, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, in the operation ofplacing the clothes or other articles to be dried on the line. In thisoperation of placing the clothes or other articles to be dried on theline the arm f is swung in- IIO wardly of the window-frame, as shown inFigs. 1 and 2, where it is held by the hookarm h, and the clothes orother articles to be dried are placed on the part i of the line, and asthis operation proceeds the line is turned on the pulley g ,and thatportion of the line on which the clothes or other articles are placed iscarried in the direction of the pulley, which is arranged at apredetermined distance from'the window and which is not shown. After allthe clothes and other articles are placed on the line the part i of theline is passed over a hook 9' on the head f 2 of the arm f and directlyunder the hook j. The hook-arm h is then detached from the arm f,

and said arm f is swung outside of the Window, as shown in Fig. 3, andthe supplemental arm 6 is dropped onto the armf, as shown in saidfigure, the recess e in said supplemental arm engaging the top flange f5 of the arm 7", and this securely holds the armf in the position shownin Fig. 3, and by reason of the passing of the separate parts of theline over the hooks and 7' the swinging outwardly of the arm f, as shownin Fig' 3, does not slack the line or either part thereof, this resultbeing accomplished by the reason of the fact that the hooks j and f areat, the point where the arm f is pivotally supported or hinged.

The hooks j and y' need not necessarily be placed on the headf of thearm f, but should be placed in proximity thereto, if not on said head,and various changes in and modifications of the construction hereindescribed may be made without departing from the spirit of our inventionor sacrificing its advantages.

By means of our improvement clothes or other articles to be dried may behung on an endless line by a party standing in the room or compartmentin the wall of which the window is located, and this may be done withoutany danger of accident to said party, which frequently happens when itis necessary for such party to lean out of the window at any time.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a clothes-line holder for windows, a plate adapted to be securedto one side of the window-frame and provided with verticallyarranged'and upwardlydirected hooks, a supplemental plate provided with anopening near one end through which the upper hook of the first-namedplate is adapted to be passed, said supplemental plate being alsoprovided with a rigid and outwardly-directed arm and with a supplementalarm pivoted. thereto, a line-arm hinged tothe supplemental plate andadapted to swing inwardly and outwardly of the window and adapted to beengaged in its outward position by said supplemental arm, said line-armbeing also provided at its free end with a pulley, and means for holdingsaid arm in its inner position, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a clothes-line holder for windows, a plate adapted to be securedto'one side of the windowframe and provided with verticallyarranged andupwardly-directed hooks, a supplemental plate provided with an openingnear one end through which the upper hook of the first-named plate isadapted to be passed, said supplemental plate being also provided with arigid and outwardly-directed arm and with a supplemental arm pivotedthereto, a line-arm hinged to the supplemental plate and adapted toswing inwardly and outwardly of the window and adapted to be engaged inits outward position by said supplemental arm, said line-arm being alsoprovided at its free end with a pulley, means for holding said arm inits inner position, and hooks arranged at or near the hinge-point of theline-arm and over which the separate parts of an endless line areadapted to be passed, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our invention we have signedour names, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 27th day ofMarch, 1905.

DANIEL W. DART. HENRY MAASS.

Witnesses EMIL SOIIUMANN, INIATILDA MAASS.

